READ: REVELATION3:14-18
Our text,
today, reveals that nothing is ever hidden from God. God sees beyond the
skin-deep type of righteousness. You can pretend before men but never before
the all-seeing eyes of the Almighty. If you are ever going to make heaven, you
must accord a very important place to the fear of God in your heart. This is
not slavish fear. Remember, God is your Father. He loves you, but Exodus 15:11
says: “Who is like You, O LORD, among he gods? Who is like You, glorious in
holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?” Even when you praise God
it is better to do it with an element of fear. Secondly, you must sincerely
admit your fault. In John 9:40-41, Jesus told the Pharisees: “Then
some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, and said to Him, Are
we blind also? Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have n sin; but
now you say, We see. Therefore your sin remains.” We always say in
Mathematics that the problem that is well defined is half solved. In other
words, if you can locate your problem, the solution is on the way. To say that
you have no problem is to prolong your suffering. Many of us believe that
because we are prospering, we do not have any problems any more. Others believe
that since door are opening for them everywhere, their problems have been
solved. God said, in Revelation 3:14-18, that material prosperity is not
substitute for communion with God or substitute for anointing. The moment you
think you are rich enough and have need for nothing, you begin a journey into
the land of spiritual and material poverty. The moment you are no longer
dependent on God, you become wretched, miserable and poor. Never estimate
yourself. See yourself the way God sees you. Depend on God’s grace. Do not
dress yourself in borrowed robes. Call a spade a spade.
MEMORIZE:
HEBREWS4:13-And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are
naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
